34/12. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1957b — Another Chain for the Living Target Warning
The prohibition of cornering animals in order to kill them (for sport)
Sahih Muslim 1957b: The Living Target Warning in Another Chain
Sahih Muslim : 1957b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1957b
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba through a different chain of transmitters.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1957bIn-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 89USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4814
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1957b
This narration is another chain for the same clear statement from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: do not make anything with life a target. It says the hadith was narrated on the authority of Shu’bah through a different chain, with the same wording. The text does not add a new story, a new animal, or a new condition. Its benefit is in preserving the same message through another route. For searches like “Sahih Muslim 1957b” and “living thing target hadith,” the explanation should be simple. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم warned against using a living creature as a target, and this version records that warning through a different chain.
What we learn from this hadith
- This narration comes through a different chain from Shu’bah.
- It preserves the same wording.
- It adds no new animal or separate scene.
- The warning remains: do not make a living thing a target.
